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James Bazley

Right-arm fast-medium bowler, age 31

−0.7

Points of win chance he adds per match, at his 2.9 overs, against an average IPL bowler. Ranked 364th of 1,127 rated bowlers, top 40%.

At his best before the death.

89% range
−1.7 to +0.4
Likely rank
173rd to 713th
Per 24 balls
−0.9
Whole career
−0.5
Balls
717
Last played
2024
Where he sits among 1,127 rated bowlers

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In IPL numbers

The same player run through today's IPL (the 2026 season's scoring) against average opposition.

BazleyIPL average
Economy9.89.5
Balls per wicket2020
Dot balls29%29%
Economy, powerplay9.99.6
Economy, middle9.39.0
Economy, death10.910.4

Costs 1.0 runs a match against an average IPL bowler. Runs only; the rating also counts his wickets.

By phase

Points of win chance per 24 balls, from his rating.

Powerplay−0.6
Middle−0.8
Death−1.8

How he plays, against every rated bowler

Takes wicketstop 35%
Hard to score offtop 42%
Stronger at the death than earlierbottom 3%

Bowling the 19th, defending 24 off 12

A real IPL position, played out a thousand times with him in it and a thousand times with an average bowler in his place. Each line is one finish, ball by ball, from 24 to win down to 0.

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Season by season

Win value: points of win chance per 24 balls against the par ball in the same situation, in the games he played (raw: not adjusted for the opposition or the competition). Bar width shows how many balls.

-560+56 2020: +3.6 per 24 over 72 balls 202021: −0.4 per 24 over 239 balls 212022: −1.7 per 24 over 278 balls 222023: −15.5 per 24 over 90 balls 232024: −52.7 per 24 over 12 balls 24
SeasonMatchesOversWktsAvgEconSRDot %Win value

By competition

Strength: a typical bowler there against a typical IPL bowler, points per 24 balls. The rating already allows for it; the record here does not.

CompetitionStrengthMatchesWktsAvgEconWin value

Last 10 matches

With the win chance his own balls added for his side, in points (each ball against a par ball from the same situation).

  1. 0/12(1.0)v Melbourne Renegades, BBL, 2025-01-02 · scorecard−5.0
  2. 0/19(1.0)v Sydney Thunder, BBL, 2024-12-17−23.6
  3. 0/42(3.0)v Brisbane Heat, BBL, 2024-01-22−8.6
  4. 0/57(3.0)v Perth Scorchers, BBL, 2024-01-03−25.1
  5. 0/40(3.0)v Melbourne Stars, BBL, 2023-12-31−21.9
  6. 1/21(3.0)v Melbourne Renegades, BBL, 2023-12-29−0.3
  7. 1/9(2.0)v Sydney Sixers, BBL, 2023-12-22+7.1
  8. 0/16(1.0)v Sydney Thunder, BBL, 2023-12-19−10.5
  9. 0/42(4.0)v Perth Scorchers, BBL, 2023-02-04−29.6
  10. 0/6(2.0)v Sydney Sixers, BBL, 2023-02-02+2.7

His biggest spells, by win chance added

Not the most runs or wickets: the most difference to the result. Counted over his own balls only; the other end can give some of it back, so a rescue act can add more than 100.

  1. 3/30(4.0)v Adelaide Strikers, BBL, 2023-01-14+31.6
  2. 2/17(3.0)v Sydney Sixers, BBL, 2021-01-10+21.8
  3. 4/22(4.0)v Sydney Thunder, BBL, 2022-12-29+20.9
  4. 1/21(3.0)v Hobart Hurricanes, BBL, 2023-01-20+20.1
  5. 2/19(4.0)v Melbourne Renegades, BBL, 2022-12-15+18.5